Welcome to the ultimate list of the best free players in Football Manager 2013 by FMScout.com. Like all my other lists, I have dedicated many hours composing this to make sure it is really the greatest list of free players in FM13 around the web.

Frequently Asked Questions

I can't find all players of this list on my save game. Why is that?
I loaded what I consider the top 14 leagues (roughly 65,000 players) to produce my lists of players. Your save game probably has less leagues and players loaded, which explains why you can't find all of them.

Can you please share a shortlist for this list to import in-game?
Sorry I can't do that. I used to share shortlists but people would steal them and post on other sites without providing credit and passing as their own, which is very annoying. This also explains why you won't be able to copy/paste names off this list.

That is a lot of players to go through. Is there some kind of recommendation?
Yes. The list is sorted by position and my personal recommendation, meaning that the players at the top of each position table are recommended more than the ones at the bottom. I will eventually add recommendation stars to make it even easier for you.

You can quickly see which players are EU national or not. For non EU players you can check their international caps number to figure out if it's likely to get a work permit.

Click on the table headers (name, age, etc) for easy sorting.
You can also sort by multiple columns if you press and hold Shift while clicking the headers.

Goalkeepers

Name

Age

Position

Nation

EU

Caps

Gordon, Craig

29

GK

SCO

40

Manninger, Alexander

35

GK

AUT

32

Moreira

30

GK

POR

0

Marcos Leandro

30

GK

BRA

0

Macho, Jurgen

34

GK

AUT

25

Mateus

29

GK

BRA

0

Stolz, Alexander

28

GK

GER

0

Eilhoff, Dennis

29

GK

GER

0

Padovani, Jean-Daniel

32

GK

FRA

0

Lejsal, Martin

29

GK

CZE

0

Galinovic, Mario

35

GK

CRO

2

Ratajczak, Michael

30

GK

GER

0

Kingson, Richard

34

GK

GHA / TUR

83

Santilli, Mario

28

GK

ARG

0

Eduardo

33

GK

ESP

0

Defenders Central

Name

Age

Position

Nation

EU

Caps

Mensah, John

29

D C

GHA

82

Gustavo Bastos

30

D C, DM

BRA

0

Asatiani, Malkhaz

30

D C

GEO

42

Fuentes, Ismael

30

SW, D C

CHI

30

Buljat, Jurica

25

D C

CRO

2

Biscan, Igor

34

D C, DM

CRO

15

Silvestre, Mikael

34

D LC

FRA / GLP

40

Pamarot, Noe

33

D RC

FRA / GLP

0

Gnanou, Ibrahim

25

D RC

BUR

10

Bates, Matthew

25

D RLC

ENG

0

Fuentes, Fabricio

35

SW, D C

ARG / ITA

1

Afolabi, Rabiu

32

D LC

NGR / BEL

20

Rocha, Ricardo

33

D LC

POR

6

Meira, Fernando

34

SW, D C, DM

POR

54

Sarriegi, Josu

33

D C

ESP / BSQ

0

Paz, Jose Maria

34

SW, D C

ARG

0

Howard, Mark

26

D C

ENG

0

Loran, Tyrone

31

D RC

CUW / NED

5

Traore, Lamine

29

D C

BUR

29

Sorondo, Gonzalo

32

SW, D C

URU / BRA

27

Kroldrup, Per

32

D C

DEN

33

Meite, Abdoulaye

31

D C

CIV / FRA

48

Ben-Haim, Tal

30

D RLC

ISR

61

Vinicius

31

D C

BRA / ITA

0

Monsoreau, Sylvain

31

D LC

FRA / MTQ

0

Geder

34

D C

BRA

0

Moreyra, Julio Cesar

30

SW, D C

ARG

0

Kostal, Pavel

31

D C

CZE

0

Teco

29

D C

BRA

0

Cris

32

D C

BRA

0

Plinio

27

D C

BRA

0

Nen

34

SW, D C

BRA

0

Juliano

31

D C, DM

BRA

0

Vitor

27

D RC

BRA

0

Plestan, Nicolas

31

D C

FRA

0

Olfers, Steve

30

D C, DM

NED

0

Kotysch, Sascha

23

D RC, DM

GER

0

Anderson Luis

25

D C, DM

BRA

0

Andre Bahia

28

SW, D C

BRA

0

Thiago Mathias

29

D C

BRA

0

Ustaritz

29

D C

ESP / BSQ

0

Luciano Castan

22

D C

BRA / ITA

0

Gomes

32

D C, DM

BRA

0

Stewart, Damion

31

D C

JAM

55

Vasoski, Aleksandar

32

D C

MKD

33

Piccoli, Alcides

33

D C

ARG

0

Omokoh, Harrison

30

SW, D C, DM

NGR

0

Erivelton

34

D C

BRA

0

Sicilia, Pablo

30

D C

ESP

0

Drpic, Dino

31

D C

CRO

1

Prieto, Luis

33

D C

ESP / BSQ

0

Marcelao

31

D C

BRA

0

Diallo, Mamadou

27

D C

GUI

28

Ficagna, Daniele

31

D C

ITA

0

Defenders Right

Name

Age

Position

Nation

EU

Caps

Miguel

32

D/WB R

POR / GBS

59

Rnic, Nemanja

27

D RC

SRB

3

Cortes, David

32

D/WB R

ESP

0

Ebondo, Albin

28

D/WB R

FRA / CGO / CMR

0

Grygera, Zdenek

32

D RL

CZE

65

Stalteri, Paul

34

D R

CAN / ITA

84

Gaspar, Manolo

31

D/WB R

ESP

0

Vanden Borre, Anthony

24

D/WB R, DM, M RC

BEL / COD

23

Babic, Valentin

31

D RC, M R

CRO

0

Sidny

30

D/WB/M R

BRA

0

Odiah, Chidi

28

D/WB/M R

NGR

28

Andrezinho

30

D/WB R

BRA

0

Calvo, Jose Maria

31

D/WB RL

ARG

0

Jerez, Pablo

28

D/WB R

ARG

0

Perrier-Doumbe, Jean-Joel

33

D/WB R

CMR / FRA

20

Zambrotta, Gianluca

35

D/WB RL

ITA

98

Gustavo

30

D/WB/M R

BRA / ITA

0

Osmar

30

D/WB R

BRA

0

Michel

34

D/WB R

BRA

0

Laurenti, Fabien

29

D RC

FRA

0

Griffin, Andy

33

D RL

ENG

0

Defenders Left

Name

Age

Position

Nation

EU

Caps

Ibertsberger, Andreas

29

D RL

AUT

14

Boenisch, Sebastian

25

D/WB RL

POL / GER

9

Berthod, Jeremy

28

D/WB L

FRA

0

Del Horno, Asier

31

D LC

ESP / BSQ

10

Bonig, Philipp

32

D/WB L

GER

0

Vandooren, Gonzague

32

D/WB/AM L

BEL

0

Benitez, Nelson

28

D L

ARG

0

Ezequias

31

D/WB L

BRA

0

Traore, Djimi

32

D LC

MLI / FRA

10

Lemaitre, Reynald

29

D/WB/AM L

FRA

0

Schwarz, Benjamin

26

D/WB L

GER

0

Krupoviesa, Juan

33

D/WB/M L

ARG

0

Jorge Ribeiro

30

D/WB/M L

POR

9

Pieri, Mirko

33

D/WB L

ITA

0

Rossato

34

D/WB/AM L

BRA / ITA

0

Marcinho

33

D/WB L

BRA

0

Defensive Midfielders

Name

Age

Position

Nation

EU

Caps

Grella, Vincenzo

32

DM

AUS / ITA

46

Reo-Coker, Nigel

28

DM

ENG / SLE

0

Katsouranis, Kostas

33

DM

GRE

95

Carboni, Ezequiel

33

DM

ARG / ITA

0

Diop, Papa Bouba

34

DM

SEN

63

Hargreaves, Owen

31

DM

ENG / CAN / WAL

42

Diao, Salif

35

DM

SEN

39

Farinos, Javier

34

DM, AM C

ESP

2

Zamogilny, Damian

32

DM

ARG

0

Zanetti, Cristiano

35

DM

ITA

17

Cisse, Edouard

34

DM

FRA / SEN / BSQ

0

Sinkala, Andrew

33

D C, DM

ZAM

22

Narry, Moussa

26

DM

GHA / NIG

4

Petre, Ovidiu

30

DM

ROU

23

Obodo, Christian

28

DM

NGR

14

Fernando

26

DM

BRA

0

Saidou, Alioum

34

DM

CMR

21

Pezzoni, Kevin

23

D C, DM

GER / ITA

0

Fabiano

34

DM

BRA

0

Ricardo Oliveira

35

DM

BRA

0

Sable, Julien

31

DM

FRA

0

Bruno Octavio

26

DM

BRA

0

Simao

28

D/WB R, DM, M RC

BRA

0

Fink, Michael

30

DM

GER

0

Bovio

30

DM

BRA

0

Bodde, Ferrie

30

DM

NED

0

Perez Castro, Facundo

30

DM

ARG

0

Dias

34

DM

BRA

0

Roberto

24

DM

BRA

0

Luciano Santos

32

DM

BRA

0

Faye, Amdy

35

DM

SEN / FRA

18

Matabuena, Sergio

33

DM

ESP

0

Tomas, Antonio

27

DM

ESP

0

Diaz, Andres

29

DM, M RC

ARG

0

Jonilson

33

DM

BRA

0

Obodai, Anthony

30

DM, M RC

GHA

4

Cesar Santiago

27

D/WB R, DM, M RC

BRA

0

Alexandre

33

DM

BRA

0

Dirceu

34

DM

BRA

0

Walker

30

D C, DM

BRA / ITA

0

Midfielders Center

Name

Age

Position

Nation

EU

Caps

Jonatas

29

M C

BRA

0

Batista

33

DM, M LC

BRA

0

Marcos Paulo

35

DM, M RC

BRA

12

Bowyer, Lee

35

M RC

ENG

1

Barone, Simone

34

M C

ITA

16

Hitzlsperger, Thomas

30

M C

GER

52

Sandrinho

32

DM, AM C

BRA / BUL

0

Rafael

28

DM, AM C

BRA

0

Mozart

32

DM, AM C

BRA / ITA

0

Kabous, Abderrahman

29

M C

MAR / FRA

21

Fusani, Massimiliano

33

M C

ITA

0

Wingers Right

Name

Age

Position

Nation

EU

Caps

Marques, Jose Fernando

27

AM RC

ESP

0

De Mul, Tom

26

AM R

BEL

2

Abdessadki, Yacine

31

AM R

MAR / FRA

8

Pino, Juan Pablo

25

AM RLC

COL

2

Castelen, Romeo

29

AM R

NED / SUR

10

Juanma

31

AM R

ESP

0

Pereyra, Gabriel

34

AM RC

ARG

0

Castroman, Lucas

31

AM R, ST

ARG / ITA

5

Douglas, Darl

32

AM RC

NED / SUR

0

Jorge Lopez

33

AM RLC

ESP

0

Varela, Fernando

32

D/WB/AM R

ESP

0

Ortiz, Jose

34

AM RC, F C

ESP

0

Wingers Left

Name

Age

Position

Nation

EU

Caps

Drenthe, Royston

25

WB/AM L

NED / SUR

1

Kewell, Harry

33

AM RLC

AUS / ENG

58

Solari, Santiago

35

AM L

ARG / ESP

11

Akale, Kanga

31

AM RL

CIV / FRA

35

Ailton

34

AM LC, F C

BRA

0

Del Nero, Simone

30

D/WB L, AM LC

ITA

0

McFadden, James

29

AM LC, F C

SCO

48

Delev, Spas

22

AM RL, ST

BUL

5

Mansare, Fode

30

AM L

GUI / FRA

44

Diogo Gomes

26

M LC

BRA

0

Calleja, Javier

34

D/WB/AM L

ESP

0

Dum, Sascha

26

D/WB/AM L

GER

0

Zenden, Boudewijn

35

AM L

NED

54

Castillo, German

34

AM LC

ARG

0

Tulasne, Geoffrey

24

AM RL

FRA

0

Attacking Midfielders Center

Name

Age

Position

Nation

EU

Caps

Alex

34

AM/F C

BRA

49

Tote

33

AM RC, F C

ESP

0

Morais

28

AM RLC

BRA

0

Magnum

30

AM LC

BRA

0

Ergic, Ivan

31

AM C

SRB / AUS

11

Bofo Bautista

33

AM C

MEX

38

Takyi, Charles

27

AM RC

GHA / GER

3

Mascara, Giuseppe

32

AM/F C

ITA

1

Akin, Ibrahim

28

AM RLC, F C

TUR

4

Robson Ponte

35

AM RC

BRA / ITA

0

De Zerbi, Roberto

33

AM RLC

ITA

0

Skacel, Rudi

33

AM C

CZE

6

Gaitan, Walter

35

AM LC

ARG / MEX

0

Juninho

29

AM C

BRA

0

Diogo Rincon

32

AM/F C

BRA

0

Cortes, Martin

29

AM LC

ARG

0

Ciro

32

AM/F C

BRA

0

Tchoyi, Somen

29

AM RLC, F C

CMR

14

van Dijk, Dominique

32

AM LC

NED

0

Bruins, Luigi

25

AM LC

NED

0

Strikers

Name

Age

Position

Nation

EU

Caps

Martsvaladze, Otar

28

AM L, ST

GEO

13

Adailton

35

AM RLC, F C

BRA / ITA

0

Fernando Baiano

33

ST

BRA / ESP

0

Buengo, Titi

32

ST

ANG / FRA

5

Adamov, Roman

30

ST

RUS

3

Gil

31

AM LC, F C

BRA

4

Pavlovich, Nicolas

34

ST

ARG / ITA

0

Charisteas, Angelos

32

ST

GRE

88

Bolado, Ivan

23

ST

GEQ / ESP

5

Bosnjak, Ivan

32

AM R, ST

CRO

14

Reis

24

ST

BRA

0

Auer, Benjamin

31

ST

GER

0

Geilson

28

ST

BRA

0

Bardaro, Cristian

34

ST

ARG

0

Carew, John

32

ST

NOR / GAM

88

Ishiaku, Manasseh

29

ST

NGR / BEL

4

Amanatidis, Ioannis

30

ST

GRE

35

Ferreira

33

ST

BRA

0

Clodoaldo

33

ST

BRA

0

Robson

29

AM/F C

BRA

0

Ruiz, Carlos

32

ST

GUA

83

Estevez, Raul

34

AM RL, ST

ARG

0

Suazo, David

32

ST

HON / ITA

43

Eduardo

32

AM L, ST

BRA

0

Talles Cunha

23

ST

BRA

0

Figueira, Edmar

28

ST

BRA

0

Guayre

32

AM RL, ST

ESP

1

Galvao

30

ST

BRA

0

Marcelinho

33

AM RC, F C

BRA

0

Wendell

23

ST

BRA

0

Bagayoko, Mamadou

33

ST

MLI / FRA

21

Neto Potiguar

26

ST

BRA

0

Jean

30

ST

BRA

0

Bruno Cazarine

29

ST

BRA / ITA

0

Mpenza, Emile

34

ST

BEL / COD

57

Leandro Tatu

30

AM R, ST

BRA

0

Koke

29

AM RC, F C

ESP

0

Anderson Gomes

27

ST

BRA

0

Ricardinho

28

AM/F C

BRA

0

Jandson

25

ST

BRA

0

Iglesias, Leonardo

32

ST

ARG / ITA

0

Fagundes dos Santos, Elison

24

ST

BRA

0

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I'm new to FM13 ,but not to the older releases, just got it (finally got my dad to buy it :D), and started just for fun with Cardiff and found Kris Boyd too. Low wage demands, got him for 15k per week on 3 years. Scored in debut game! Also good player Mido, but failing medical, until he's fit.

@gmi004: I usually load 1-2 leagues but go to custom database to load many players. This way the performance doesn't drop much and you still have plenty of players in your save game. You could go with the recommended setup button though.

@RamMalc: No, I never include regen players in my lists. All of them are real and not random. The only reason you can't find all of them is that I loaded top 14 leagues and ~65K players to find them and your save game probably has less leagues and players. Like shadowmaster773 said, it depends on database size.

@timmileet: Like all my lists I don't share shortlists because people steal them and post as their own on other sites. Sorry

@MadAdam81: I guess it could be due to injury proneness, eccentric personality, bad agent or wage demands.

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